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Parents, Kids and the Stuff We Obsess AboutMon, 16 Dec 2013 19:25:48 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Old Maidhttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-old-maid/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-old-maid/#commentsMon, 25 Mar 2013 09:00:40 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=167275There are games that are fairly basic like chess, Othello and mahjong. And then there's Old Maid. At my house, we've been playing some serious Maid and when I play, I play to win. Which is why I need your ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-old-maid/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Roller Coaster Thought Experimenthttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/#commentsSat, 16 Mar 2013 10:00:49 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=166689This week's thought experiment proved much more problematic than I thought. I have to admit: I thought it was a fun question and didn't really pre-plan the answer ahead of time.]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Roller Coaster Thought Experimenthttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/#commentsMon, 11 Mar 2013 09:00:04 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=166109As Leif and I were sling-shot toward our demise on Ghostrider, here were my thoughts in no particular order: 1) "I'm going to die in an immediate and bloody fashion," 2) "If I survive, Kristi will kill me. And then ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-roller-coaster-thought-experiment/feed/0Kids With Low Self-Esteem: The Parental Praise Paradoxhttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/kids-with-low-self-esteem-the-parental-praise-paradox/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/kids-with-low-self-esteem-the-parental-praise-paradox/#commentsWed, 06 Mar 2013 10:30:48 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=165733Praise is all the rage. It used to be a good thing -- the praised child builds self-esteem! Now, as all of us enlightened GeekDad parents know, it's a bad thing -- the praised child loses the drive to struggle ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/kids-with-low-self-esteem-the-parental-praise-paradox/feed/2GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Rock Climb Like Brooke Raboutouhttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/#commentsSat, 02 Mar 2013 11:00:45 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=165432It's not too late to livestream Brooke Raboutou this weekend at the American Bouldering Series Youth National Championships! This week's puzzle asked you to help Brooke get to the top of an indoor wall -- like a maze. Refer to ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/03/potw-answer-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Rock Climb Like Brooke Raboutouhttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/#commentsMon, 25 Feb 2013 10:00:47 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=164720On Saturday night, the strongest competitors at the American Boulder Series National Championships fell off less physical climbs because they hadn't solved the complex sequence of moves need to smush their bodies Gumby-style to the top. It turns out that ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-rock-climb-like-brooke-raboutou/feed/0Should You and Yours Multitask in a Multi-Screen World?http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/should-you-and-yours-multitask-in-a-multi-screen-world/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/should-you-and-yours-multitask-in-a-multi-screen-world/#commentsFri, 22 Feb 2013 10:30:15 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=164574I don't multitask. Or, I do it so badly that I end up dropping everything in a massive tangle of badness with me standing baffled at its center. This frustrates my wife to no end. She can balance on a ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/should-you-and-yours-multitask-in-a-multi-screen-world/feed/0Interview With Eric Adreon, Author of A Dance With Shadowshttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/eric-adreon-dance-with-shadows/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/eric-adreon-dance-with-shadows/#commentsThu, 21 Feb 2013 11:30:05 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=164382Adreon opens A Dance With Shadows by describing a Seattle shooting gallery where a 14-year-old girl asks him to pass the rig. He writes that his "lingering morality pressed hard against the person I had become." Like my remembrance of ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/eric-adreon-dance-with-shadows/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: How to Bullseye a Womp Rathttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/#commentsSat, 16 Feb 2013 10:30:48 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=164078First Luke had to survive the surface run. Then he had to survive long enough in the trench with Vader on his tail to get off a clean shot. Then he had to pull the trigger within the very short ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: How to Bullseye a Womp Rathttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/#commentsMon, 11 Feb 2013 10:00:21 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=163515The Death Star has been all the rage lately, from the White House petition to the recent Kickstarter. So I thought it would be worth taking a look at the fate of the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station. Specifically, what was ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-how-to-bullseye-a-womp-rat/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Guinea Pig, Labrador, Kalehttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/#commentsSat, 02 Feb 2013 11:00:51 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=162822By far the best solution to this week's puzzle was to let the Labradors eat the guinea pig bedding and Templeton (said guinea pig) eat the kale, and then simply buy new kale or admit that kale is something purchased ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/02/potw-answer-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Guinea Pig, Labrador, Kalehttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/#commentsMon, 28 Jan 2013 10:00:46 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=162130Templeton the guinea pig eats kale. In fact, if Templeton is left in the house alone, she will find all the kale and eat it. We also have two Labradors. They do not eat kale. But they would happily eat ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-guinea-pig-labrador-kale/feed/0Return to Zero: A Beautiful Movie About Terrible Thingshttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/return-to-zero/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/return-to-zero/#commentsFri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:57 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=161859In 2005 at week 37 of their pregnancy, Sean Hanish and his wife Kiley discovered their child had lost his heartbeat. Norbert was born still. Sean's written the experience into what's likely the most beautiful screenplay I've ever read -- ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/return-to-zero/feed/1GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Cubic Cornershttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/pot-answer-cubic-corners/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/pot-answer-cubic-corners/#commentsSat, 19 Jan 2013 12:00:17 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=161156It seems that a notable frequent solver of the puzzle forgot that the removed block would leave new, interior edges that would technically now be "perimeter," in addition to removing the edges that were once there. You know who you ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/pot-answer-cubic-corners/feed/1GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Cubic Cornershttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-cubic-corners/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-cubic-corners/#commentsTue, 15 Jan 2013 10:00:49 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=160787To calculate the perimeter of a square, you multiply a side by four. To calculate the perimeter of a cube, you multiply a side by 12. But what, now, are the possible perimeters of my family's irregularly shaped Rubik's Cube ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-cubic-corners/feed/1GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: New Year’s Insighthttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/potw-answer-new-years-insight/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/potw-answer-new-years-insight/#commentsSun, 06 Jan 2013 12:00:57 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=159933Here's a test: did you analyze your way to this week's solution, scrolling through possible answers in an organized way while trying to match possibilities to the three starting terms? Or did you sit tight and wait for the whallop ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/potw-answer-new-years-insight/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: New Year’s Insighthttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-new-years-insight/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-new-years-insight/#commentsMon, 31 Dec 2012 10:00:59 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=159470Have you ever been hit in the head with a frying pan? Neither have I. But that's the way folks describe the experience of insight, perhaps without the resultant need for a head CT. Test your insight on the following ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-new-years-insight/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Present Gamehttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/potw-answer-present-game/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/potw-answer-present-game/#commentsSat, 22 Dec 2012 11:00:02 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=158653It turns out my kids are experts at determining expected value: the size, weight and number of presents under the tree have now been precisely determined and weighed against each other to determine fairness, which, it also turns out, is ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/potw-answer-present-game/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: The Present Gamehttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-the-present-game/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-the-present-game/#commentsMon, 17 Dec 2012 09:45:33 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://blog-admin.wired.com/geekdad/?p=157981Imagine a row of seven presents. Their values are $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6 and $40. You don't know what's inside and so don't know which present matches each value. It costs $7 to pick a present at random. ...]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-the-present-game/feed/0GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Present, Start to Finishhttp://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-answer-present-start-to-finish/
http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-answer-present-start-to-finish/#commentsSun, 09 Dec 2012 12:00:05 +0000Garth Sundemhttp://www.wired.com/geekdad/?p=156767There are only 56 days until Groundhogs Day and so time is running short to secure the extra funding of $50 from ThinkGeek, available every week by playing the puzzle. This week's puzzle was won by a 10yo.]]>http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2012/12/geekdad-puzzle-of-the-week-answer-present-start-to-finish/feed/0